Barnes and Noble has issued a new firmware update for its first large screen, high resolution tablet, the Nook HD+. The main selling points include crisper fonts while reading ebooks. Users will also be able to maintain their main status bar while reading books. Readers will love the new feature that shows how many pages are remaining in the book—a feature borrowed from the … [Read more...] about Barnes and Noble Nook HD+ 2.0.6 Update Brings Crisper Fonts
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Unboxing the new Blackberry Z10 White Edition
The Blackberry Z10 marks the first smartphone ever released that has the new BB10 operating system. One of the most exciting factors is that it has a built in Android emulator, to run converted apps! In this video, we show you everything that comes in the box, for the white edition! Finally, we power it on for the first time, and show you the UI and major apps bundled with it. … [Read more...] about Unboxing the new Blackberry Z10 White Edition
How to Load Android Apps on the Blackberry Z10
The Blackberry Z10 Smartphone marks the first time a mainstream device has been issued that had a built in Android emulator. The Z10 provides users with the ability of loading in their own Android apps, which greatly enhances the number of quality games that customers can access. For example, the Amazon Kindle e-Reading App is not available in Blackberry World, but is on Good … [Read more...] about How to Load Android Apps on the Blackberry Z10
Good e-Reader Introduces New Kids App Market
Good e-Reader is proud today to announce the creation of our new children's App Market! Thousands of games, learning, multimedia, painting, and other apps are freely available for download. Currently, our main app store has over 17,000 Android and BB10 apps in our App Market. We have fielded hundreds of requests from not only parents, by companies such as Leapfrog and V.Tech … [Read more...] about Good e-Reader Introduces New Kids App Market
Blackberry World Goes Live
Last year Google gravitated from its Google Android Market moniker and switched to Google Play. Research in Motion followed suit and renamed its Blackberry APP World to just Blackberry World. The main website is now live for anyone to checkout and Playbook owners will get pushed the new update next week. If you still have a Blackberry Smartphone, the revised market should be … [Read more...] about Blackberry World Goes Live
Samsung Readers Hub 2.0 Now Supports EPUB3
Samsung has updated the seminal Readers Hub app to now support ePub3. The company has also developed its own self-publishing portal, which allows publishers to track, upload, and manage their ebooks. Right now, the app is only available for users on the Readers Hub 2.0, which is preloaded on the Samsung Galaxy Note II. Galaxy S III, Galaxy Note 10.1, and Galaxy … [Read more...] about Samsung Readers Hub 2.0 Now Supports EPUB3
IOS 6.1 Hints at a New 128 GB iPad
When the iPad 3 and 4 started to offer amazing resolution compared to the earlier models, people ran out of storage space fairly fast. Comics, movies, and apps are starting to take a large amount of memory and consistent file maintenance is often warranted. Beta Developers that are testing the new version of iOS 6.1 found an entry in one of the files that alluded to a new 128 … [Read more...] about IOS 6.1 Hints at a New 128 GB iPad
How to Take Screenshots on the Nook HD+
In this exclusive Good e-Reader Video Tutorial, we show you how to take screenshots on the Barnes and Noble Nook HD+. Many people always want to know how this is done, or even if it's possible. To take a screenshot all you have to do is hold your finger down on the N button and simultaneously hold down on the Volume down button. These pictures will appear on your main … [Read more...] about How to Take Screenshots on the Nook HD+
RIM Officially Changes Name of Its App Store ahead of BB10 Launch
Research in Motion may not be launching the BB10 smartphones until the end of the month, but the app store is undergoing a makeover. If you have ever had the Playbook tablet, you would be quite familiar with the Blackberry App World portal to download apps for your device. Today the company announced a branding changed to Blackberry World, and will incorporate the music and … [Read more...] about RIM Officially Changes Name of Its App Store ahead of BB10 Launch
Get BB10 Apps for Your New Phone with the Good e-Reader App Store
The official launch of the new generation of Blackberry 10 smartphones is due out at the end of the month. Application developers are fervently porting their Playbook apps over to this new platform. If you are thinking of investing in a new BB10 phone and are dismayed over the paltry app selection on the official APP World, Good e-Reader has you covered. The Good e-Reader … [Read more...] about Get BB10 Apps for Your New Phone with the Good e-Reader App Store